Thousands flee wildfire in eastern Canada

OTTAWA, May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 16,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes in Canada’s eastern province of Nova Scotia, officials said, as one of hundreds of wildfires raging across the country threatened the city of Halifax. The fire, still burning out of control along the northwestern edge…

Migrant group stuck at Poland-Belarus border

   WARSAW, May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A group of migrants, including women and children, are stuck on Poland’s border with Belarus, Poland’s border guard said as activists accused the officers of blocking them from seeking asylum. The group has been forced to camp for four days in the forest near Bialowieza,…

Still hope of finding kids missing for weeks in Colombian Amazon

   BOGOTÁ, May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four Indigenous children lost in the Colombian Amazon since a plane crash almost a month ago are believed to still be alive, the military said as the search continued in treacherous terrain. The children — who were aged 13, 9, 4 and 11 months when…

Spanish PM calls snap elections after setbacks in local polls

Popular Party (PP) supporters celebrating on Sunday MADRID, May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced snap parliamentary elections in July, hours after his ruling Socialists suffered major setbacks in regional and local elections.In a nationally televised statement, Sanchez said he had informed Spain’s King Felipe VI,…

Ten lions killed in Kenya as conflict between humans and wild animals worsens

Kenya Wildlife Service meets with local residents to address human-wildlife conflict in Kajiado NAIROBI, MY 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ten lions have been killed in southern Kenya this past week, including six on Saturday alone, as human-wildlife conflict escalates in the region, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).This is “an…

Four killed, including 2 US consulate staff, after convoy attacked in Nigeria

ABUJA, May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A United States convoy was attacked in Nigeria killing four people, including two personnel from the US consulate and two police officers, and kidnapping three others, according to local police and US officials.The attack took place in the southeastern Anambra state, with Anambra Police Command…

US gun violence: 9 injured near beach in Hollywood, Florida some taken to children’s hospital; 1 gunman detained

HOLLYWOOD (Florida, us), May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An altercation between two groups in the US state of Florida led to he exchange of gunfire leaving nine persons injured.Police responded to the shooting near the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk in Hollywood, Florida., Monday evening.Viral videos on especially Twitter showed people frantically running…

South Africa: Ending cholera outbreak remains government’s immediate priority

PRETORIA, May 30 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured South Africans that government’s immediate priority is to end the cholera outbreak and ensure safe water for all. In his weekly newsletter to the nation, the President said the recent outbreaks of cholera in Hammanskraal, Gauteng, and in the Free…

China declines meeting with US defence chief: Pentagon

WASHINGTON, May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Beijing has declined a US invitation for a meeting in Singapore between Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu, the Pentagon said. “Overnight, the PRC informed the US that they have declined our early May invitation for Secretary Austin to meet with…

Pres Bola Tinubu inauguration: Fuel subsidy removed in Nigeria

ABUJA, May 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The new president of Africa’s largest democracy, Nigeria, has used his inaugural address to make a major policy announcement to ease pressure on government finances. Bola Tinubu said the decades-long subsidy on petroleum products was being scrapped. “Fuel subsidy is gone,” he told a packed…